In this paper, we derive the mass-to-light ratio profile for the Fornax elliptical galaxy NGC 1399 from the observed intensity and velocity dispersion measurements along its major-axis.

Publication type

Conference paper

Source

Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series: Galactic halos: a UC Santa Cruz Workshop: Proceedings of a conference held on the campus of the University of California, Santa Cruz, California, United States, 11-15 August 1997 / Dennis Zaritsky (ed.),
Vol. 136, pp. 257-259